AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY OPEN ARMCHAIR

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, MURSHIDABAD

Details

AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY OPEN ARMCHAIR
Second quarter 19th Century, Murshidabad
The back with caned panel and bobbin-turned surround, below a pierced foliage-arched toprail flanked on each side by foliate-carved finials, the downswept arms carved with foliage, on foliage-carved baluster supports flanking a caned seat, with ivory silk squab, above a plain seatrail and bobbin-turned apron, on ring-turned tapering legs with foliate-engraved metal caps, the top of the left-hand finial replaced

Provenance

The Hochschild collection, sold Sotheby's London, 1 December 1978, lot 165 (£3,000).

Sale room notice

Please note that because this lot is made of ivory it will require a CITES export certificate prior to leaving the UK. Such export certificates are usually a formality for ivory objects made before 1947.

Lot Essay

There is a related Murshidabad armchair at the Victoria and Albert Museum, also with spindle decoration, illustrated in A. Jaffer, 'Tipú Sultán, Warren Hastings and Queen Charlotte: the mythology and typology of Anglo-Indian ivory furniture', Burlington, May 1999, p. 280, fig. 30.

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